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- ESL Conversation Questions - Culture (I-TESL-J)
Culture A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom What are some things that define a culture? For example, music, language,
- Communicating Cross-Culturally: What Teachers Should Know
Indeed, culture goes far beyond the climate, food, and clothing of a student's native country Culture, undoubtedly, is complex It is multi-layered and multifaceted Indeed, some have likened it to an iceberg of which only the top is visible while a massive part remains unobservable below the surface of the water
- The Place of Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Reflection
Language itself is already culture, and therefore it is something of a moot point to talk about the inclusion or exclusion of culture in a foreign language curriculum We might perhaps want to re-envisage the situation as a contrast between an active and deliberate immersion in culture, and a non-deliberate exposure to it
- Towards an Understanding of Culture in L2 FL Education
The title of Valdes' (1990) paper, 'The inevitability of teaching and learning culture in a foreign language course,' may now reflect an axiom in second-and foreign-language (L2 and FL) pedagogy, but it remains unclear to many L2 and FL educators just how this has come to be the case and what impact this has on their classroom practice
- ESL Conversation Questions - Meeting People (I-TESL-J)
Is it impolite to say "No" in your culture if you don't know someone very well? Do people in your culture use a lot of body language when they communicate, or do they keep their bodies relatively still? Do people in your culture show their emotions when communicating with others or do they hide some feelings? How do they show their emotions?
- Practical Techniques for Teaching Culture in the EFL Classroom
Teaching culture is considered important by most teachers but it has remained "insubstantial and sporadic in most language classrooms" (Omaggio, 1993, p 357) Omaggio gives several reasons for this including lack of time, uncertainty about which aspects of culture to teach, and lack of practical techniques
- ESL Conversation Questions - Cultural Shock and Adapting to Canada (I . . .
Cultural Shock and Adapting to Canada A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom Have you ever been in a situation where you felt you had to "do as the Romans do"?
- Using Modern Art to Teach Language and Culture to ESL Students
Culture Students will learn about some famous Western artists and theirworks As students learn about the ideas behind the art they learnsomething about Western thought and culture This unit can also be used in an intercultural approach to languagelearning
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